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The land runs out there, and, granted any decent kind of luck, the boys probably made a landing if they could keep afloat so far." "But what may have happened to them before this?" began Mr. Hazlett. "Tut, man! We've all got to take our chances," replied the old sea-dog. "They've done their best, and we must do our best, too."
Hazlett should report on board the Bennington; so, after a few days spent in fruitless searching within reach of Kadiak town, he took the pilot-boat and hastened over to the west side of the island where the Bennington lay at anchor, with her boat crews engaged in the tedious work of making coast soundings. Mr.
"Then you mean that you are going to help search for them?" asked Mr. Hazlett. "With all my heart, sir!" said the rough commander. "I have boys of my own back in New England. We'll comb this island rock by rock, and if we suspect foul play we'll blow every native village off the face of it!" The hoarse roar of the Bennington's deep-throated signal-whistles echoed along the rock-bound shore.
"But the message!" insisted Mr. Hazlett. So at last the old chief fumbled in his jacket, and pulled out a soiled and crumpled paper nearly worn in bits. Enough of it at least remained to show the searchers that when it was written the boys were all alive and well, and were expecting help.
Meantime, what had happened in the outer world during all these months? What had been the feelings of Mr. Hazlett on that day in early spring as, hour after hour, he walked Kadiak dock and peered into the fog in vain, waiting for the boat which did not appear?
They returned to the barabbara, where Rob wrote as plainly as he could, with deep marks of the pencil, as follows: "Mr. Richard Hazlett, Kadiak. "DEAR SIR, We are all right, but don't know where we are, or what date this is, or which way Kadiak is. We came down in the dory. Travelled all night. Are safe and have plenty to eat, but want to go home. Please send for us, and oblige "Yours truly, ."
"I mind the time Jake Hazlett and his crew was drowned at the 'Wild Goose. It seems the coroner was already there a settin' on a corp' that had come up in the eddy. 'Go on through, boys! he hollers to 'em, 'I'll wait for you down below. It'll save me another trip from Medders'." Bruce worked on, apparently unperturbed by these discouraging reminiscences.
Six of the Chamber of Commerce Representatives decided to see the Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs, regardless of the lack of time; so Carl Westerfeld, Mrs. Bruce Foulkes, David and Reese Lewellyn, Miss Mary Moynihan and M. Hazlett, Jr., chartered a Vickers Vimmy Biplane.
Hazlett were uneasy enough when finally the Bennington steamed majestically through the narrow mouth of Kaludiak Bay the first steamer ever to awaken the echoes there and finally swung to her anchor at a point indicated by the Aleut chief. But to the whistle there came no answer of a rifle-shot, no signal fluttered, and no smoke was seen.
"Naturally we won't hear anything on this side," said Captain Stephens to Mr. Hazlett. "Not many natives from the east coast come over here to work, and from what I know of the prevailing tides and winds I am more disposed to believe that they have been carried off toward the southeast corner of the island.
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